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Download or read book Hegemony and Culture in the Origins of NATO Nuclear First-Use, 1945–1955 written by A. Johnston and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-18 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnston argues that the preemptive first-use of nuclear weapons, long the foundation of American nuclear strategy, was not the carefully reasoned response to a growing Soviet conventional threat. Instead, it was part of a process of cultural 'socialization', by which the United States reconstituted the previously nationalist strategic cultures of the European allies into a seamless western community directed by Washington. Building a bridge between theory and practice, this book examines the usefulness of cultural theory in international history.